Selangor state government washes its hands of Ijok land issue

(Yahoo News) – The Selangor state government today showed no interest in resolving the compensation and housing issues raised by Ijok settlers, following the state’s contentious RM1.18 billion land deal with two developers.

Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali today said the state had got nothing to do with the settlers now, since they were the ones who had signed off their lands and accepted the offer made.

“Which settlers? Who are they (settlers who asked for better compensation and housing as well as penalty payment for the late building of houses)?

“Give me their names. Because they were there (when the deal was signed) and the fact is that they have signed and accepted the offer. So, what is the issue now?” Azmin told NSTP when met at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Building here today.

Several Ijok settlers had raised their dissatisfaction with the compensation (RM180,000 compensation per settler) that was paid to them.

They claimed that the compensation paid was based on the value of the 880ha land in year 2000, but the land was sold to the two companies according to the current market price.

They were also unhappy with the type and size of houses offered, which they claimed were not what was initially promised by the state government.

The landowners and settlers had also requested the state government’s intervention to ensure developers paid late penalty fees for the delay in building their homes. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd